There are always sides. There is always a winner and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give.

What makes a treasure a treasure." Marine replied, "is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.

I don't know why it's called "getting lost." Even when you turn down the wrong street, when you find yourself at the dead end of a chain-link fence or a road that turnd to sand, you are somewhere. It just isn't where you expected to be.

The world just feels different for those of us who come alive after dark. It's more fragile and unreal, a replica of the one everyone else inhabits.

When the door opens, I realize that the only thing worse than waiting is the moment you realize a decision has been made.

She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.

It's like the psychiatrists themselves are buying into that stupid belief that therapy is something to hide.